Improvement in barrels



.JAMES W. wEsroN, 0E NnwYonK, NQY,

Lettere meer ,Ne1 110,006, aerei December 13,1810.

lMPRovEMENT m vBannersr The Schedule referred to 1n these Letten Pa-tent and making part of the lame.

To all whom it may concern.' v

Bey it known that I, JAMES W. WESTON, of the city and State of New York. have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Barrels and other Vessels; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andlexact descrip` tion of the said invention, reference being Ahad to the `annexed drawings making part of this specification, Awherein4 Tigure 1 is a vertical section of my improved bar-V rel at the lineyy,`g.2; i

Figure 2 is a plan of the -s'ame with the head removed;

Eigure 3is a plan of a barrel orivessel with a movable head; and p Figure 4 is a section of the same at the lineez a: of g. 3| 1 I I V Similar'inarks of reference denote. the same parts. The nature of my said invention consists in a barrel or 4other vessel formed of two or more layers of veneers with the grains of the wood running in differeut directions, and such veneers fastened together by gluepr other adhesive material, so as to form'cylindrical barrels Aor vesselsof other shapes, possessing great` strength and lightness, andeasily rendered very tight, so as to dispense with the stares heretofore employed for barrels, rats, tanks, and other vessels, such as tubes; and pipes.

In the drawingsn a, b, and c are the three thicknesses ofthe veneers forming the cylindrical portion of said barrel or vessel; these are to he disposed so that'the grains of the wood rim in dilerent directions, two or morewith the grains running around the barrel, andthe other layer' with the grains running lengthwise of the barrel, or one or both layers'running diagonally, the grains crossing each other, and the number of thev layers maybe increased to any desired extent.

In g. 1 I have shown the heads d and e as set in with rebates, and one of theheads, e, is formedof several layers of veneers with the grains of the -woc'd crossing each other to prevent warping or splitting.A V A A lining, f, may also be put into the barrel, the separate staves of which are grooved at the edges, .if desred,eso as to receive the strips, as seen in tig. 2, and the ends of the stave are beveled, as seen at 2, and a groove provided upon the inner surface of the'head,` receiving said ends o f the stares, renders the union of the lining and head much tighter. This lining may be madeof either one or two thicknesses 'of wood.l A lining wit-h beveled ends is also shown in fig. 4, at j, and the heads are similarly grooved at 2; the lining, however, is represented as=o t"one lamina wound up and introduced within the barrel, a tapering section,

' g, driven in between the ends beingemployed. to force the lining tightly to the inside surface of the barrel. The head his secured by the band c', introduced iiiside the barrel around the chine, and end hoopskand lare employed also tosti'engthen the ends of the baru rel, and these are connected together by the irons m,A

that run -along the barrel; the part-s are riveted to'- gether so as to form a. very strong and durable vessel. The head h' is provided with handles o, by means of which it may be strengthened, anda cross-bar, p,

slipped at its ends into mortises through the barrel and end hoops,is employed to tighten said head and secure it in place, and a screw, q, may also be employed to pressl the head upon the endof the linitrg.

What I claim, and ldesire to,secure byLetters Patent,ise A barrel, made of lamina of 'wood rolled up to sh ape; with the grains of the respective lamina. crossing each other, and connected by glue or adhesive material,

and the heads introducedzwithin the cylindrical ends,

substantially as set forth,

Dated April 2, A. D.' 1868. J. W. WESTON. Witnesses: y

Urns. .11. Sinus, Guo. D. WALKER. l 

